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Board Meeting Minutes Thursday June 14th, 2007
The Laurel Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met on Thursday, June 14th, 2007 at Sid's from 12:00-1 .'00 p.m.
In attendance were: President Jerry Bauck,. Co-VP's Shelley Townsend and Barb McLeod. Directors: Becky Dickerson,
Jim Taylor, Dean Ranlcin, Becky Dickerson, Steve Diefender, Exee. Secretary Joanue Flynn. Members attending were
Creak, Howard Rickard, Jarad Kaiser and Lifetime Member Phyllis Bromgard. Also attending was the Pre-Circus
Clown, Skeeter, who was in town for the day promoting the Circus.
Jerry called the meeting to order with a moment of
Jerry then asked for a motion to approve the minutes fi-om April 26th meetIng. Motion was made by Jim, seconded by
Barb- all approved.
Bills were also presented and Je~-y Read the account balances and presented the bills for approved payment. Jeanne had
an explanation for a couple of the bills that were unexpected. Dean made a motion to pay bills seconded by Becky.
Jeanne also asked that we write a check for $50.00 to have ia Petty Cash for making change to those who bring in cash for
the entry fees. Shelley made a motion to approve and Steve seconded it. Jeanne also stated that she was going to have to
add another $200.00 to the Postage Machine very soon.
OLD BUSINESS
Replacement of Director Denise Shelley and committee have reviewed the nominations and recommend Yellowstone
Bank's employee Ja~d Kaiser's as the new board member to replace Denise. Shelley then made a motion to approve
and Steve seconded it. Congratulations to Jared !!
Cit3, 100 Birthday Comm~ee Report - The ¢omrmttee will not meet again until after July 4th.
Member: Jerry reported that we have a new member- Jcanette Busony from Laurel who is a realtor for
Century 21 -Welcome Jeanette !!
~ Joamae stated that since we do not have a committee to make decisions that it would be a good
idea to have a training meeting for the new members. A date of June 20a is set at 5:30 at the Chamber. Volunteers, Bob
O'Dea and Nancy Lorfing and CJ Dahle have agreed to help. People Needed are:
· The Parade needs 2 volunteers to help direct traffic at 7andlS~and8mandl,t. andJudges'
(Shelley, Jerry and wife Lois will be 3 of the 5) · $oanne mentioned the Grand Marshall be Vets home from Iraq. Everyone agreed that would be great.
· Are we having a float.
· Who will be working what area on the 4th?
Circus in Jun_..e 460 tickets have been sponsored. Posters are up and Jan's IGA is a Sales Outlet for additional ticket
sales. Volunteers to help take tickets are Coral and Lynn at t 5:00 at and Vonda and Joenne at the 7:30 show.
Yard Sale The signs are up. Many Items are coming in.. We still have no trailer, as the firemen do not want to share
theirs as they want to be able to show the inside and display it at various places
Work Day at the Chamber - Dean explained that Ethan had met him and that Ethan will present the program to the
Scott Master. We need to decide what color we want and Dean suggested Stain Paint.
Insurance for Soecial Events Policy was received from Western States for the amount of $418.00
Open Forum
Task Force Meeting - Program Committee will meet again on Tuesday at the Owl at 6:00 pm to review the survey.
Paintin~ - all are Invited to help paint on Sat morning at 8:00 am - Dean will donate the paint and also said
that it would be better to spray it instead of rolling it. Steve said that he has some airless spray painters that can be
borrowed if not rented. Dean will talk to Peggy about spraying.
Ad in Gazette- $o~nne said that since we shaved so much money on supplies for the run and parade that she would like
to try advertising in thc Gazette this year and sec if we get a better response to the entry forms for all 3 events. Shelley
quickly agreed and stated that the coverage is much larger. All agreed to give it a try and document the results.
Next Meeting June 28ta at the OWl,